Analyst Papers
Progress Software Offers a Platform and Ecosystem for Aspiring SaaS Providers
Current Analysis Takes Positive Stance on Progress Software Corporation
Tech Industry-watcher Current Analysis took a positive stance on Progress Software, reflecting its “unstack” approach and full SOA Portfolio of products. The report notes, “Progress refers to these solutions as the “unstack” because although the products are closely integrated, they are not interdependent. In all, Progress has positioned itself as a strong integration vendor with numerous SOA-scale capabilities that will appeal to enterprises focusing on both data and process integration. The company is a solid competitor on price and scalability compared with even larger vendors such as IBM and BEA.”
Breaking up the Stack – The SOA Strategy of Progress Software
This Butler Group White Paper shows the breadth of Progress Software's SOA portfolio and the unique manner by which it delivers these technologies to the marketplace. "Progress takes a refreshingly pragmatic view of the SOA market, recognizing that for most organizations (and certainly for most large and very large enterprises) the SOA infrastructure will itself be heterogeneous, either by design or by evolution and necessity. It provide its solutions in a form that can be readily implemented to enhance an existing SOA implementation, providing missing elements, or potentially replacing elements that are a less than optimal fit with the requirements of the organization."
CEP Adoption Is Broader, Deeper, And More Business-Driven Than IT May Expect
This Forrester Research report on Complex Event Processing (CEP), which lists Progress as an established major CEP vendor, finds that the increasingly real-time nature of business drives requirements for more real-time event processing, especially in financial services, order processing, customer service, and Web-based business. The increasing amount of business-relevant information available from real-time event streams presents new opportunities to serve business with rapid responses to changing conditions.
The SOA Spending Report, 2007-2008: Spending Reaches New Heights
AMR Research's survey of 405 companies in Asia, Europe, and the United States shows SOA adoption expanding rapidly. Companies with active SOA initiatives reported spending an average of $1.4M on SOA software and services in 2007. AMR examines spending patterns and drivers by country, industry, and company size on SOA offerings from major vendors, including Progress Software.
Progress Actional Positioned in Leaders Quadrant in Magic Quadrant
Progress Actional was positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner's 2007 Magic Quadrant for Integrated SOA Governance Technology Sets. This recognition from Gartner follows another influential industry analyst report that named Actional the top current offering among standalone SOA and Web services management solutions.
Data Services Platforms: Searching for their Place in the Markets
This Burton Group report analyzes how data services promise easy access to enterprise data strewn across redundant databases, trapped inside commercial software applications, and scattered in semi-structured and unstructured formats. Explaining how Progress DataXtend Semantic Integrator helps answer the increasing demands for data services tooling, the authors note that, "Although the synergies between DSP and semantic integration are obvious, only one DSP vendor, Progress Software, provides semantic integration capabilities as part of its product."
The Progress OpenEdge business application development platform was recognized for worldwide leadership in the pure-play embedded database management systems market by IDC in the firm's Worldwide Embedded DBMS 2007-2011 Forecast and 2006 Vendor Shares Report. The report also cited Progress Software's strong ISV channel relationships and continuous product development as key contributing factors for its leading market share.
Progress Software's Depth And Extensibility Lead In Stand alone SOA Management Solutions
In our Forrester Wave™ analysis of standalone service-oriented architecture (SOA) and Web service management solutions, Progress Software's solution rated within our Leader category, with broad and deep visibility into SOA implementations, strong active management of services, and a strong architecture for extensibility.
QAD: A Software Vendor That Has Survived (if Not Thrived) in the ERP Market
"Progress's recent focus on its well-defined SOA framework indicates that the vendor has listened to its some 2,000 ISVs (or Progress application partners, as it calls them) requesting the platform provider to broaden the technology stack so that applications like QAD's will be complemented by cuttingedgeSOA technologies."
Progress Software: Enterprise Products Bolster 3Q Results,On-Demand Could Mean Big Lift
Progress Software (PRGS; $29.73) has 60,000 customers on its OpenEdge platform, including 90% of the Fortune 500. The company is making considerable inroads with its partners to create on-demand products. Its partnership with OpSource provides Progress-ready hosting and call-center services. Now Progress’ 2,000-plus software partners can combine the technology of its newest OpenEdge platform and OpSource’s Optimal OnDemand services to provide their software on demand, at a lower cost, and with less risk than doing it themselves.
Worldwide Embedded DBMS Software 2005 Vendor Shares
"The perennial leader in the embedded DBMS space, Progress Software Corp. practically defines this segment. Prior to the company's acquisitions and diversification of its product portfolio and business model, Progress has based its entire business on the sales of technology through ISV partners. In so doing, the company established the basic practices of embedded software generally, and of embedded DBMS in particular."
Software as a Service in Asia Pacific: Expanding the Reach & Appeal of Software
"Progress Software's SaaS partnership program has resulted in the development of one of the most successful SaaS ecosystems, attracting more than 200 ISVs. The vendor provides technology, business planning, marketing, selling and application transformation support for ISVs delivering or planning to deliver on-demand applications. In addition, partners can also access Progress' best practices framework and access training and workshops."
Progress Software, headquartered in Bedford, MA, provides a broad range of service-oriented architecture (SOA) infrastructure products focusing on developing, deploying, integrating, and managing business applications. Founded in 1981, the company trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol PRGS. Progress reported that for the twelve months ending November 30, 2006, revenue increased 10 percent to $447 million from $405 million in fiscal 2005. Headquartered in Bedford Massachusetts, the company has more than 1,600 employees with worldwide headquarters in The Netherlands, Florida (in support of Central America) and Australia.
New Forrester Report: The Total Economic Impact™ of the Progress® OpenEdge® Platform
This independent study concludes that the Progress OpenEdge platform can be 40% less expensive than alternative platforms for Partners transforming business applications from initial design through development, deployment and ongoing lifecycle management. The unique and supportive approach Progress takes to partnering helps Partners update or add new features to their applications and bring their application to market faster.
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Choosing Application Software That Fits Your Growing Retail Business: MARTEC International
Mid-market retailers are facing increasingly tough competition as larger players enter their local markets. In order to meet these challenges, retail companies are exploring ways to differentiate their current businesses and expand into new markets. In this Executive Guide, you will find five key steps for "Choosing Application Software That Fits Your Growing Retail Business". These steps are the foundation for an organized approach to dealing with the business challenges mid-market retailers are experiencing today.